1983

1985

1986

1986

1987

First "domino" UK heart transplant, where a patient receiving a heart and lungs transplant donates their healthy heart to another

1989

Establishment of the Manchester Eye Bank

1991

UK Transplant Service becomes special health authority and is renamed United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority (UKTSSA)

First intestinal transplant in an adult recipient, in the UK

1993

UKTSSA moves to purpose-built accommodation at Stoke Gifford, Bristol

First intestinal transplant in a paediatric recipient, in the UK

1994

NHS Organ Donor Register established

1994

First living donor liver transplant in UK

1995

First living donor lung lobe transplant in UK

2000

UK Transplant takes over from UKTSSA with new, extended remit

2001

First lung transplant from a non-heartbeating donor

2002

UK's first altruistic living liver donation

2005

UK Transplant merges with National Blood Service to form NHS Blood & Transplant

2005

First partial face transplant carried out in France on 27 November

2006

Introduction of the Human Tissue Acts 2004 in England Wales and Northern Ireland, and the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006.

2007

July – UK's first living donor paired kidney transplants and first altruistic non-directed living donor transplant.

2008

January – The Organ Donation Taskforce report was published containing 14 recommendations for increasing the UK’s rate of organ donation by 50% within five years, resulting in an additional 1,200 transplants a year.
November - The Organ Donation Taskforce’s report into the issue of presumed consent, recommends against adoption of an opt out system.